Business
February 24, 2021
Why We Shouldn’t Bet Against GameStop
The megachain has never been shy about flexing its industry might, yet it somehow became a poster child for fighting the power of Wall Street.
Video Games
News & Politics
November 25, 2020
Why Is GameStop Selling PlayStation 5 Consoles Only in Stores on Black Friday?
Every other retailer has made this holiday season’s hottest item an online exclusive during the pandemic—except the Grapevine-based chain.
The Texanist
October 5, 2020
The Texanist: What Old Texas Games Can I Get My Screen-Addicted Kids to Play?
A Houston mom has had it with Minecraft.
Best Thing In Texas
September 16, 2017
The Best Thing In Texas: ‘Madden NFL 18: Longshot’
The most interesting sports video game in years tugs on some specific Texas heartstrings.
The Daily Post
March 9, 2015
Is GameStop the Next RadioShack?
The Grapevine-based video game retailer announced plans last month to buy leases on more than 160 former RadioShack locations. But can the niche retailer, selling a product that there’s increasingly little need to go to a store to purchase, avoid the fate of the company whose stores it’s inheriting? …
The Daily Post
October 15, 2014
Dave & Busters’ Rising Stock Price Proves That Arcades Still Have Value
Nothing says "finger on the pulse of America's youth" like "video arcades," right?…
Technology
March 6, 2014
Press Start to Begin?
It’s taken more than a decade, but Texas has established itself as a major hub for the video game industry. But how big a player can the state become?…
January 21, 2013
Texas Business Report: Texas Ranchers Again Investing in Cattle
With demand for beef high and herd sizes still low, ranchers are looking to buy more cows.
Business
February 1, 2008
Denise Fulton
Gaming has come a long way since the days of Pong and Asteroids. At the vanguard of the latest wave of interactive, multiplayer video games is this native of Bowling Green, Ohio, one of the few women in the industry to crack the ranks of upper management. As the studio…
The Culture
July 31, 1999
Earth Quake
After the killings at Columbine, the world looked disapprovingly at a computer game created in Mesquite. Die-hard players would not be moved.
The Culture
July 31, 1997
J. C. Herz
Growing up in Houston, J. C. Herz spent much of her time defending the city from incoming ballistic missiles. She accomplished this while sitting in front of her family’s television and playing Missile Command—just one of the many video games lovingly described in her second book, Joystick Nation (Little, Brown;…
Programming
April 30, 1997
Mission Accomplished
The newest game from Dallas’ Digifx Entertainment is ready for prime time. In Mission to Nexus Prime, whose storyline has been crafted by Star Wars author Timothy Zahn, you command your troops through a series of battles to gain control of planet Nexus Prime and its complex network of wormholes…